ISPs Strike Deal With Vermont To Suspend State Net Neutrality Law (arstechnica.com) 28
The state of Vermont has agreed to suspend enforcement of its net neutrality law pending the outcome of a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission. In October 2018, five industry groups representing major internet providers and cable companies sued Vermont seeking to block a state law barring companies that do not abide by net neutrality rules from receiving state contracts. But, as Ars Technica reports, "the lobby groups and state agreed to delay litigation and enforcement of the Vermont law in a deal that they detailed in a joint court filing yesterday." From the report: The delay will remain in place until after a final decision in the lawsuit seeking to reverse the FCC's net neutrality repeal and the FCC's preemption of state net neutrality laws. Vermont is one of 22 states that sued the FCC in that case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Tech companies and consumer advocacy groups are also opposing the FCC in the same case. Oral arguments were held last month, and DC Circuit judges will likely issue a decision in the coming months.
An FCC loss in that case could entirely restore federal net neutrality rules, potentially making the Vermont law redundant. But a partial loss for the FCC could leave the federal repeal in place while allowing states to enforce their own net neutrality laws. The Vermont delay would remain in place until after all appeals are exhausted in the FCC case, which could potentially reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
An FCC loss in that case could entirely restore federal net neutrality rules, potentially making the Vermont law redundant. But a partial loss for the FCC could leave the federal repeal in place while allowing states to enforce their own net neutrality laws. The Vermont delay would remain in place until after all appeals are exhausted in the FCC case, which could potentially reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Re:All the Chicken (Score:2)
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A chicken for every pot.
Like, duh.
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I'm sure telecom carriers would welcome local competetion and build out their infrastructure for everyone:
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None of this has anything to do with net neutrality. Are you sure you've ever read the definition?
Re: Whew (Score:2)
That would explain why every nation with faster internet has net neutrality.
Oh.
Ok, but at least the 10 megabits offered by Comcast is faster than the 10 gigabits offered by Chattanooga.
Oh.
But at least there's competition, except wherever there's a non-compete deal in place or wherever the major vendors just destroy the lines and equipment of startups, or wherever there's deliberate throttling when peering, or where lawsuits are used maliciously to bankrupt rivals.
Give me Sweden's 50 gigabit links or give me
So why pass the law? (Score:2)
Isn't this the whole reason the law was passed? To stop waiting on the federal government to get it right? Why would you delay it? Sure, repeal it or suspend it if it becomes redundant, but nothing about this move makes sense.
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This isnt complicated and its why all these young Statists are outright wrong. The government is one of the problems, not a solution. The solution is so little government power that it would be silly to lobby it.
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Innovation ??? (Score:2)
The ACA celebrated Vermont's net neutrality delay, claiming that it "will allow continued innovation and investment while these deliberations continue."
What innovation, determining a better way to 'launder' money to State Reps ? I saw a posting here, since NN was ended, infrastructure investment fell quite a bit .